Journatic CEO Accepts Blame for Bogus Bylines | Street Fight

Journatic CEO Accepts Blame for Bogus Bylines | Street Fight: "Journatic CEO Accepts Blame for Bogus Bylines

5 Comments 02 JULY 2012 BY TOM GRUBISICH


The popular “This American Life” public radio program turned its eye on hyperlocal news service Journatic this weekend, revealing in its latest episode that sister company BlockShopper had slapped fake bylines onto some of the real estate site’s lawsuit-prone stories.
“This was a mistake,” Journatic CEO Brian Timpone told Street Fight yesterday. “We should never have run an alias byline and sent the article to our partners. It was my fault.” He insisted, though, that the stories below the make-believe bylines were “100% factual.”"

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comments by Norton: Another example of what is presenting as authentic local news which is NOT.  When I went to school, we studied what is called "primary and secondary sources of news".  Now this is a new twist on secondary or perhaps news with no authenticity.  So watch out for what is masquerading as credible, verifiable news sources.